By Alex Enumah in Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has dispatched eight Commissioners of Police, 40,000 personnel including two helicopters, 30 armoured personnel carriers and 300 patrol vehicles for the Osun governorship election holding on September 22. The police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, explained that the security operation …
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IBB assures Saraki on his presidential ambition
By Wole Mosadomi Minna—Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has boasted that he can never be impeached, saying All Progressives Congress, APC, championing the cause is in minority and does not have the powers to carry out the threat. He also made it clear that he would never step down as …
Read More »Quit if you’re an aspirant, Akeredolu tells cabinet members
AHEAD of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, weekend, asked members of his cabinet eyeing political seats to quit forthwith. Only four commissioners: Donald Ojogo of Works Ministry, Timehin Adelegbe of Commerce, Gboyega Adefarati of Agriculture and Olawunmi Olatunji of Women Affairs have picked …
Read More »‘How Atiku saved Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president’
A new book has revealed how former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, saved ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president in 1999. According to the new book, entitled ‘’Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa,’ Atiku made all his resources available for …
Read More »Money laundering: EFCC places Fayose on watch list
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has extended its dragnet across the security agencies to ensure that Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State does not escape before the handover date in October 16, 2018. This came as Fayose said yesterday, that he is not afraid of facing the EFCC, …
Read More »I cannot be impeached, I’ll never step down as Senate president —Saraki
As IBB assures him on his presidential ambition By Wole Mosadomi Minna—Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has boasted that he can never be impeached, saying All Progressives Congress, APC, championing the cause is in minority and does not have the powers to carry out the threat. He also made it …
Read More »2019: Kogi PDP denies Sen. Attai Aidoko automatic ticket
All is not going well concerning the bid by the lawmaker representing Kogi East Senatorial District of Kogi State, Senator Attai Aidoko, to return to the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as his ambition suffered another set-back. This is consequent upon …
Read More »Buhari has not changed from who he was in 1983, says Lamido
presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Sule Lamido has called on Nigerians to join hands with his party to rescue the country from the clutches of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC. He insisted that Buhari who staged a coup in …
Read More »2019: Atiku petitions Buhari, alleges threat to life
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has petitioned President Muhammad Buhari over alleged threat to his life and those of his family members regarding his decision to contest the 2019 presidency. Atiku, who is one of the aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the petition dated …
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